Railway



(No Model.)

J. L NBWBURG. RAILWAY.

No..578,896. l Patented Mar'.161897.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

JOHN ISRAEL NEWBURG, OF VIOKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI.

RAILWAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 578,896, dated March16, 1897.

Application iiled September 8, 1896. Serial No. 605,084. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom t may 0071.061117,.-

Be it known that I, JOHN ISRAEL NEWBURG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Vicksburg, in the county of Varre'n and State ofMississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRailways; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in railways, and has for itsgeneral objectto provide a railway in which the sleepers or ties are soarranged and the rails are so connected thereto as to effectuallyprevent casual spreading of the rails and also resist efforts ofmischievous persons to spread the rails, and thereby wreck trains.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will be fully understoodfrom the following description and claims when taken in conjunction withthe annexed drawings, in which- Figure l is a detail plan View of arailway constructed in accordance with my invention with one of thetrack-rails partlybroken away. Fig. 2 is a detail section taken in theplane indicated by the line a; m of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a perspective Viewof one of the rail-chairs. Fig. 4. is a plan View of the blank fromwhich each rail-chair is formed, and Fig. 5 is a view of an improvedimplement employed in constructing the track, Y g

Referring byletter to the said drawings, A indicates the track-'rails ofmy improved railway, which may be of the ordinary or any other suitableconstruction.

B indicates the sleepers or ties, and O indicates the rail-chairs, whichserve to eect a strong and durable connection of the rails to thesleepers or ties, as will be presently described.

The sleepers or ties B may be of the usual or any other suitable formand construction, but instead of being arranged perpendicular or atright angles to the rails A they are disposed at an acute angle thereto,as shown in Fig. l, so as to enable the chairs O to better engage andhold the base of the rails, as will presently appear.

lD indicates the blank, ot' sufciently strong and rigid sheet metal,from which each of the chairs C is formed. This blank D is of the formof a Greek cross, and it is provided ad jacent to the outer ends of thealined arms or branches o with apertures b for the passage of the spikeswhich connect them to the sleepers or ties. The said arms or branches aare arranged upon and disposed in the direction of the length of thesleepers or ties B, as shown, so that the remaining arms or branches cwill extend at an acute angle to the rails A, and said arms or branchesc have their outer corners bent upwardly, as indicated by d, for apurpose presently pointed out.

In carrying out my invention the chairs O are placed upon the sleepersor ties in such a position that the inner edges of the upwardly andinwardly turned portions d will be parallel with the rails A. lSaidrails are then placed upon the body of the chairs between the portionsd, after which the chairs are swung into the position shown in Fig. l,so as to enable the portions d to engage the rail-bases, as shown, andare then attached to the sleepers or ties by nails or spikes. In virtueof the shape of the chairs O and the manner in which they are arrangedupon and secured to the peculiarlydisposed ties or sleepers it will beseen that the bent portions d of each of the chairs will engage therails at dierent points in the length thereof, and thereby better serveto prevent casual spreading of the rails and better resist the eifortsof mischievous persons to spread the rails or otherwise displace thesame.

In order to tighten the portions CZ of the chairs upon the rail-baseswhen they do not tit the same, I prefer to employ the implement E.(Shown in Fig. 5.) This implement E is provided at one end with thedivergent branches F, and when these branches are placed one above andone below the arms or branches c of the chairs and the outer end of vtheimplement is struck itwill be seen that the arm or branch will be forcedover upon the base of theA rail and tightly against the same, so as tosecurely fasten the rail upon the sleeper or tie, as shown.

It will be observed from the foregoing that IOO While my improved chairsWill effect a strong and durable connection of the rails to the sleepersor ties they Will not interfere With the free contraction and expansionof the rails incident to changes in temperature.

When desired, the chairs C may be formed of cast metal.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The railway describedcomprising the rails, the sleepers or ties arranged beneath the railsand disposed at an acute angle thereto and the chairs formed fromcruciform blanks of sheet metal; the said chairs being arranged beneaththe rails and upon the sleepers or ties and having the alined arms orbranches a, eX- tending in the direction of the length of the sleepersor ties and connected thereto and the arms c, extending at right anglesto the arms a, and the sleepers or ties and having the portions d, bentover upon the base of the rails, substantially as speciiied.

2. The railway comprising the rails, the sleepers or ties arrangedbeneath the rails and disposed at an acute angle thereto, and thecruciform chairs arranged beneath the rails and upon the sleepers orties and having the alined arms or branches a, extending in thedirection of the length of the sleepers or ties and connected theretoand the arms c, eX- tending at right angles to the arms a, and thesleepers or ties and having the portions d, eX- tending overthe base ofthe rails, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In' testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN ISRAEL NEWBURG.

Vitnesses:

D. J. SHLENKER, MILTON A. SHLENKER.

